Today, Shaun King posted on Facebook the following:
"5 different people have confirmed that Bill Clinton spoke with Donald Trump right before Trump launched his campaign. Bill actually called Donald.
This should disturb you.
http://www.vanityfair.com/…/bill-clinton-called-donald-trum…"
The linked Vanity Fair article says:
Once upon a time....
In a Land Far, Far Away...
It was election time...
And there were two very crooked wizards, a husband and wife team, who were trying to get back the power of their kingdom, which they had lost in shame. Too many people knew about their evil ways and so these dark wizards knew they had to fool as many of the people as they could, so that they could steal the power back.... they had to weave a very special spell.
Gopal Balakrishnan:
On numerous occasions since the 90s the left has rallied to a center-right candidate to ward off the far-right and the results have been disastrous. Not only is the far right strengthened by bolstering its credentials as the only real opposition force to the establishment, the left is drastically weakened at the expense of the center-right.
This is apparently the issue the Clinton supporters, even of the "lesser of two evils" variety, use as a backstop. Never mind Clinton's reliance upon austerity planning and militarism, both of which suggest deep convulsions within society in their own rights. What's frightening to them is Trump -- his lack of proper manners, his sexism and racism, his bullying behavior.
Amazing electoral maps by Real Clear Politics show Bernie with a commanding lead in electoral votes if election were held today utilizing current polling with Bernie vs. Trump
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_elections_tr...
Liz Warren is possibly the smartest person in Washington. She's already proven herself to be effective, which does not require further emphasis by me. She does an exquisite job at skewering self-serving, sociopathic Banksters, Federal Revolving Door bureaucrats, Koch-suckers. She gets under the skin of Donald Trump like no one else can (three cheers for that attribute alone).
Note: An earlier version of this essay was originally written in response to comments by Hillary-supporting friends on Facebook.
I've been reading about Kayfabe recently and its hard not to notice the similarities to the Trump campaign and American politics in general.
I know that I have been writing a lot more than usual. I am generally not the type of person who shares a lot of my opinions in long, written rants. But I am currently going through one of my phases where politics seems to be on my mind constantly.
Google is arguably the first tool that most people use to inform themselves about presidential candidates and election issues. People often use Google Search to ask political questions, while Google tries to guess the question and complete it while the user is still typing. The AI (artificially intelligent) algorithm Google employs for this feature is keyed to many environmental variables, but the most influential are terms and topics that are trending.
Thus, we come to Donald Trump. These days, people are searching his name often, and one of the most frequent questions they ask appears to be:
Is donald trump a republican or democrat?
The American people just aren't certain.
